Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-22
BRIDLING THE RAILWAYS.
A DECISIVE VOTE ON THE INTER-
STATE COMMERCE BILL.

Majority Vote and Synopsis
of the Aet-warm Debate in Executive
Session-Death of Mrs. Senator voorhees,
Congressional Summary.
WASHINGTON CITY. Jan. &2-Ths FIRST
business in the house Friday, after the iogI'-
nal was rad, as per agreement THURSDAY,
was TO vote on the conference report Oh
the Interstate commerce bill Buttsrwovth
wanted a separate vote on the long-aH3-short-
haul section, and Weaver Of Iowa Oh the ser
tons establishing q commission, but both
requests were de1iei Durham moved a ~
commltt1l, but was rulei out On a point OF
order, ami O'Neil asked for some SORT Of par
hamentaTy proceeding by which members
could be Permitted 10 dissent from portions
Of the bill that were Questionable 10 them
This was found impraciicable, and the vote
was taken and the report agre~i to-yeas,
2Ia; navs ~. The bill now only requires
the presidents signature 10 t-eNone law
Belmont offered resolution requesting the
president to send the house copies of such of
the correspondents with Great Britain refer
ring to the fisheries difficulty as he thinks
can properly be made pRhlir, The conference
report on the bill TO aiies lands in seveTslty
10 Indians was agreed tn The house then
took up the calendar of private bills and con
ssdeIed it until 5 p m, at which time re'>sSs
was taken until s:Sa. no sctin1 having been
taken on private bills. The evening sszSSian
was for consideration Of pension hills. and
twenty were passed.. including ora Of 81 Vs4r
month 10 the widow Of Gen. Thom2s Frescis
Meagher. The honsa then sipournei
III -, L., IA -
interstate c,anu9sr>s bill:
Ieas-Adams Of Illinois, Adams Ut New
YORK, Allen of Mississippi. Anderson Of Kan.
Barnes Barry. Rayue, Belmont. Bennett.
Blanchard. BlOuut, Round, Brady. Sreesja-
ridge Of Arkansas, BrecSlRriise Of Kentucky,
Brown Of Ohio. Brown OF Pennsylvania,
Buck, Bunnell, BurneS Burrows Butter
worth, Bynum, Cahell, Caldwell. Felix Camp
he'll Of New York, Campbell Of renpSyivs-
MA, Cannon, Carleton, Carchings, Clement,
Collins Compton. Cou1Stos,k, CoDEar. Coop.
CowIeS Cox of North Carolina, Cram, CTi$r.
Croxton, Culberson, Curtin. Cutchean, Oar
iel, Davidson Of Florida, Dawson, Dsngley
RcckeEy. Dorsey, Dougherty, nnnharu, nnnl,
Eden Elfridga Ellsharrv. Everhart. Eaplu-
har, Fisher, FleeSer, FoFan Fuller Funston
GallingeT, Geides, GitsSln OF Marylsnd
Glover, Goff, Green. GroIt. Hale, Hall, Hal
sell, Hammond, Harmer. Harris. Hatch.
Haynes Heard, Hemphili, Henderson Of
Iowa, Henderson Of Illinois, Henderson q
North Carolina, Henley. Hepburn. Herbert,
Herman. HEST, Hires Hit, Holman, Holmes.
Hopkins, Howard, Hpai, Iron, johnson #
Indiana, johnson IL North Carolina, Jones Of
Florida, Jones Of Texas, LAtfooa. LaFollette,
Lanies, Bsnhsm, LAWYER, LsFevre, LAhL
bach, Lih3iey, Little, Lore. Louttlt, Lover
m, Lowry, Lyman, Mahoney, Matsnn, Ne
Ado, McCo1ss, McCreary. Mckinley, Me-
MIllln, McRea- Nillsrd MIlliksn. Mills. MOT
fat, Morrill,, Morrison. Mullock. Murphy,
Neal, Neeca, Nelson. Norwood, 0'DonnalL,
UFsrTsll. Osborne, Cultivate, Owen. Parker,
Payson, Peel, Perkins, Perry. Peters, Pets
bone. Phelps, Pre-, Plumb. Randall. Rich
ariso1. riggs Robertson. EncS well. RoznesS.
Rogers RoweIl, RaS&, RYAN. Sadler, Saw
Yer. Savers. Soot6 Scranton. S-SSlnnS Shaw.
Singleton, Skinner, SnwtsF. Spannar,
Springer. Sseese Stephenson. Stewart Of
Texas, Stone Il Kentucky. Stone # Ms
sour. Stern Strait, StgQhle. Swope, SvneS,
Tsr>Dey. TSulhee, Z r Taylor Il Ohio. )
H Taylor Of Cain, 2 Tsylor q TanneS-
Sc, ThoulaS ~ Illinois. Thomas Of Wiscon-
sln, Thompson, Tlimal. ToNnSheRi. Trigg.
| Tucker. Turner. Van Eaton Van SchAiCk.
| W adj. Wakefield. Wallace. Ward Of Hines
| Ward Of Irb1isna. Warner q Ohio Warn=-
ot MIssoa Weber. Wesi5crn Wh>slAr.
" -2tC u lG4-AlzSStA1 ~ tA>AEs>- - ~ u
son, NInans. Wexford Woai5ar0 su-i
WorthinstoE-2l9
Nsys-Anen Of Massachusetts, Anderson q
Ohio, BllSs, Boatelse. Boyie, Bragg. Brumr,.
Campbell Of ohlo, CASveiL n.tbs-. E.v,
Evans. Felton. FiniIav. Fr.Sle-ickS, cay,
Gildllsn. Grosvenor. Hayden, Hill. Jobr.S5-s
# New York. kellev, kesShsln. I.shl.y,
Lc1s. MaIkhsIn. Martin, NoN-r0s. Mills.
Morrow. Oste< OfNstl u PENNSYLVANIA.
oNen cf NISS,gri. Ra7n=y. Re<,i.
Rice. SeyTReur, VS. '<RaTth- Nsir. Wear-r
q Iowa White a PeaaSylva-is-ti
4 large Huushzr # pa5rs was announced.
hut only IN the following caS~ N4s !. stated
ko~ The members nar,@i u H. pairs w,y.}l
hare vcte3. Nsrr5a2zn, G'2ss, Snv4er.
Clariv Wise sr3 Stone OF Massachusetts
who Soa.i have voted IN the affirmative.
~ers pzirsi with Baoon. O'Ezre. HsuFs.. <.
Bingham Naslsy AMI DAVIS. VIZ 7vo11I
have voted n The n--a-svs.
In th4 ss1ats S2oo1ar wzs appointed n
lhz sle,ilon COMMITTEES 70 81 the vacancy
causai hy Ger. Lso-anis daz-h \ rs,i75oa
f-ozn the Worlzn's Christian Temperance
union q tie District uzs p-zs=-taa sils-:r-
that tie Distract Commissioners 81 p-1se.---
ing al s1rts Of ds1s # vlca II drey: viola
tson Of tAs lsw, sai praying fa- Fl inves.s-s-
ton Ths pefjtica vas ilScgIsSe-i :, Ss7Tna
AlSth and Tef=T7-i to tt2a Distr5rf commit
rea- The president EzS asked b. ras-ig7ris1
to furnish the senate with ravs-S ~ OTIS
po1dence With The Mexican cove-nzlen- T.
lstI1E . The seizure q ia schnoazr Rei%s--.
st Tanpsco; also oopsaS ot the co-7sSpgnS-
enc with TIE lStA minister Jscksoa q The
subject q his resignation Eiraar3s wanted
t5e senate 70 take up his fsheriaS resolution
SATURDAY, but tha seasts Ei<rai=d - aiS og1rn
10 MuzHiay ami then we7t INTO executive.
sssson an1 When the ,Ic1vs rapr-.asi al
1Ourned
The interstate counercs bill. as agreed
upon BY both houses q congress. Esrav5i--,
that al charges uzsi= for sny servioa rea-
dsred in the transportation ot passengers or
property b. coSanna carriers stsl l. ri
s18able and Jzst, Sni every unjust aai up
reasonable charge for Sach 5eTylce : IroaIt,
lied and declared 70 u unlawful
S~ctEon makes II unlawful fo- sur csr,-
moa Garrr=E 10 charge ~ receive directly q
indirectly from suy TaE4sas graz1er or -
compensation for any sarvlcs rendered IL th4
iTa1sr.Etsil1n q passengers or provsrty
than II charges or receives FROM A1r other
persu oT persons fer dong g Ike ani csg7-
;snPorz7eass service IL ire trzasv1x iafiua
a a Ike kind Of trafic under Substantially
similar Circumstances and conditions
S~ctiosi s. Uskes II unlz uful for any caza-
mon carrier 70 make or give anT uniue or
unreasonable preference o. sdvaatase tg
any particular person. company FRA cor
poEataaB Or locality or any particular dis
TPtl1a Il traffic
SECTION : That it shall be unlawful for
any cozumon carrier subject 70 The pr1vis-
ions Of thIs set to charge O. recsiTe snT